After the 5th round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, two players are still maintaining the perfect score – Alexander Liberman from Russia and Haralambos Tsakiris from Greece. Bartu Ersoz from Turkey and Claus Riemann from Germany are close behind with 4.5 points each. Results round [...]

After the 4th round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, three players are leading with the perfect score – Haralambos Tsakiris and Georgios Kafetzis from Greece and Alexander Liberman from Russia. Results round 3 / Results round 4 / Standings round 4 Top round 5 pairings [...]

After the 2nd round of the 2012 FIDE World Amateur Championship, that is currently under way in Porto Carras, there are 19 players in the joint lead with 2 points each. It is still difficult to predict who will single out on the top among 130 participants. Results / Standings In the 2nd round of [...]

The Games Festival 2012 has started today at the Olympic Hall Congress Center, in Porto Carras Grand Resort, Greece. The Festival incorporates two main chess events – the FIDE World Amateur Championship 2012 and the 4th International Open Chess Tournament “Alexander the Great”. A total of 163 chess players from 32 countries gathered to compete [...]